Do you have a favourite time signature?

[EC2151]

I like 4/4 and don't understand this fascination with compound meter.

Variety is the spice of life, man.

I don't think anyone hates 4/4, but why only listen to one type of music?

[Fratto]

but why only listen to one type of music?

That is hardly what I said.

Or even implied.

[Flik]

4/4 for me, but only because I've never tried doing anything any other way.

Wait...I don't make music. Nevermind!

[DrumUltimA]

7(1/3)/4. Village Burial with Fire by James Wood.

But seriously I just like 4/4. Leave me alone!

[EC2151]

That is hardly what I said.

Or even implied.

Are you implying that i implied something about what you said?

Because your implication is false.

[danimal cannon]

everything ever should be in 4/4

[Arcana]

What, do you all have something against the waltz?

3/4 ftw

even though I never make anything in 3/4. One day I'm going to make 3/4 trance. Just because I can. Even though if I do so it probably won't be trance anymore. But never mind that.

[Bleck]

What, do you all have something against the waltz?

3/4 is signature of kings

agreement post

[SoulinEther]

I prefer the rhythm-free, structure-free jumbled mess I get when I arbitrarily and continuously pound my fists on the ivories. Ah, nothing says de-stress like piano slaying.

but to answer your question, I do have a favo(u)rite time signature.

[Brandon Strader]

4/4 is pretty win, and of course, 3/4

[The Dual Dragons]

4/5/8/3/5/9/8 is kind of my favorite, it spices things up a lot lol xD

[Thylacine]

I'm a waltz fan myself. (3/4)

I didn't even realize it until I started listening to certain songs and realized that it was a time signature on a few of my favorites.

[Brandon Strader]

There's a buttload of 3/4 songs by Nobuo Uematsu on FF8... one of my favorite FF OSTs

[Chernabogue]

Love 4/4 and 3/4 ; basics

[Ralphis]

4/4 and 3/4 are cool and great.

but 7/4 rules

[DrumUltimA]

4/4 and 3/4 are cool and great.

but 7/4 rules

lol math!!

[Nabeel Ansari]

5/4

sdbsfbdfbd

[Gario]

+ 7/8

If someone answers '12/12' I'm going to slap them for being mathematically incompetent...

[Nabeel Ansari]

= 12/12

Go ahead slap me I dare you.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

5/4, 6/8, 7/8

I generally find 4/4 to be boring

HOWEVER, you can make just about any time signature sound more awesome with a triplet beat.

[Kidd Cabbage]

4/4, 3/4, and 6/8.

When used tastefully, compound meters are fine... but in mainstream music, they never are and they're a crutch the pretentious writers use to be different and 'creative.' Absolute fucking crutch for bad writers who can't make anything interesting without them (see half of Dream Theater's newer albums).

If you read that, and thought "Yeah, that's true! But when I use it, I do it tastefully, so that's good," then you're wrong. I'm absolutely talking about you.

[This is all coming from a Meshuggah fan. But I'm fairly certain they're aware that it's kind of gimmicky.]

[Gario]

Another good meter is 3+3+2/8...And here's a mandatory SLAP to NeblixSABER for his mathematic impotence... Oh yeah, NeblixSABER... I went there.

[Cyril the Wolf]

4/4, 3/4, and 6/8.

When used tastefully, compound meters are fine... but in mainstream music, they never are and they're a crutch the pretentious writers use to be different and 'creative.' Absolute fucking crutch for bad writers who can't make anything interesting without them (see half of Dream Theater's newer albums).

If you read that, and thought "Yeah, that's true! But when I use it, I do it tastefully, so that's good," then you're wrong. I'm absolutely talking about you.

[This is all coming from a Meshuggah fan. But I'm fairly certain they're aware that it's kind of gimmicky.]

Even though Meshuggah doesn't do it to be gimmicky becuase if you count it out it ends up being in like 4/4 anyway just with weird beat placement.

[Upthorn]

I once heard a song in 11/11, which was pretty kick ass for a song that sounded like accordian-based irish prog rock.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

accordian-based irish prog rock.

Give me this track the fuck right now